If you know your file remote location you can download it with a single command order. Curl supports authentication and encryption. This tutorial will explain how to download files using cURL, how to upload files using cURL, how to resume interrupted downloads or to use a proxy when downloading files among other tips.

% Total % Received % Xferd Average Speed Time Time Time Current
Dload Upload Total Spent Left Speed100 473k 00100 473k 0 107k 0:00:04 0:00:04 --:--:-- 107k

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As you see cURL is a great tool to share files from the command line and it supports many protocols.

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